PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Kerwin Kofi Charles AU - Jonathan Guryan AU - Jessica Pan TI - The Effects of Sexism on American Women: The Role of Norms vs. Discrimination AID - 10.3368/jhr.0920-11209R3 DP - 2022 Nov 10 TA - Journal of Human Resources PG - 0920-11209R3 4099 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/11/01/jhr.0920-11209R3.short 4100 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/11/01/jhr.0920-11209R3.full AB - We examine the extent and channels through which reported sexism affects American women. Using a sample of internal migrants and an IV approach, we show that higher prevailing sexism where a woman currently resides adversely affects her labor market outcomes relative to men, increases marriage, and reduces childbearing age. We attempt to disentangle the roles of discrimination and norms by comparing the effects of male vs. female sexism and various percentiles of the sexism distribution. Overall, the findings are consistent with the importance of prejudice-based discrimination for labor market gaps, and social norms for women’s non-labor market outcomes.